SCENARIO 14-15 the Superintendent of a School District Wanted to Predict

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SCENARIO 14-15 The superintendent of a school district wanted to predict the percentage of students passing a sixth-grade proficiency test.She obtained the data on percentage of students passing the proficiency test (% Passing), mean teacher salary in thousands of dollars (Salaries), and instructional spending per pupil in thousands of dollars (Spending)of 47 schools in the state. Following is the multiple regression output with Y = % Passing as the dependent variable, = Salaries and Spending:
-Referring to Scenario 14-15, there is sufficient evidence that instructional spending per pupil has an effect on percentage of students passing the proficiency test while holding constant the effect of mean teacher salary at a 5% level of significance.

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